Manchester Gorton by-election, 1967

The Manchester Gorton by-election of 2 November 1967 was held after the death of Labour MP (MP) Konni Zilliacus^[1]:

The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966 by over 8,000 votes^[2]/.

Candidates

• Kenneth Marks for the defending Labour Party was a councillor in Denton
• For the Conservatives, Winston S Churchill was a journalist for the Times
• Terry Lacey was chosen by the local Liberal Party association
• Writer John Creasey nominated himself as candidate for the All Party Alliance he had created.
• The Commmunists chose Victor Eddisford

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1966: Manchester Gorton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Zilliacus	24,726	60.10
	Conservative	I K Paley	16,418	39.90
Majority			8,308	20.19	-

Result of the by-election

Manchester Gorton by-election, 3 November 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Marks	19.259	45.89	-14.21
	Conservative	Winston S Churchill	18,682	44.51	+4.61
	Liberal	Terry Lacey	2,471	5.89	N/A
	All Party Alliance	John Creasey	1,123	2.68	N/A
	Communist	Victor Eddisford	437	1.04	N/A
Majority			557
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. ^ Full results
2. ^ By-election result Byelection UK